IT Caved In! The Aftermath of a Brutal Storm
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We’ve been having regular rain ever since the rainy season started. We just had our biggest rain yet and unfortunately suffered …
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Your getting enough rain for 2 more TANKS. Now winter is moving in soon. Will the tank not freeze up and BURST? Have got some way to keep them from bursting from a cold winter? Rains, ants, and things, are going to become your Nightmare. Ants love to make nest in dirt. I'am fighting with ants right now to. I got them out of the house, and slowly move them farther and farther away from my house! With? Sugar water borax with baking soda in ant traps . Now there trailing 50' away . I keep putting it out until there gone. They feed on this home made ant poison and take back to there colony for them to feed on Plus the queen to. KILLING OUT THE WHOLE COLONY. It take about 2 or 3 weeks to kill out there colonies Terro is to expensive to use all the time. JUST FOR IN THE HOUSE. That why i used this home made ant poison for out side > Where under a burn band. So i can't use my propane torch to ROAST THERE ASSES! That the fastest way to kill them is? ROAST THERE ASSES. I had a can of propane with a torch on it>>> to ROAST THERE ASSES ON THE TITLE COUNTER TOPS
No cob home for me 👎👎 All of the hard work going down the drain . I'am so sorry it happen. I feel for ya'll ~ I Really i do. if it get 2 or 3 weeks of soak? Its going to cave in > Cause there enough thing to seal it in, other than paint, tar, cement, or stucco > Plus you need a lot of chicken fence to help hold the cement and stucco in > You just can't wait for more EGG SHELLS
say thanks God tate
Sorry about the damage but I’m so excited to see your big tank full and can’t wait to see how much you can gather into the underground cistern 🤗
Questions did you seal the Cobb, with drying oils like linseed oil ect
Thanks for being definitive about the grades of elements you use and why. Extraordinary energy and drive you both have. Finally a happy face when we see dog fur drifting around us… it's true purpose
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You guys have the worst luck, one step forward and 3 steps back. TThis might be a bigger under taking than previously thought. Good luck fixing all these set backs! Hopefully at some point you can contnue your build. Sometimes the easy fast way of putting together projects return to bite you.
So glad you guys have that emergency plan for Lluvia. 🙂
I'm building my place from scratch, too. I think I'm northeast of you. That big storm was a great test for everybody's construction and maintenance. I'm building frame, so for me it was caulking after the storm. Lots of caulk. That driving rain sent the water where I didn't imagine it could get into! Oh yeah, and the doors wouldn't open because wood swells.
Does the cob get covered with something else?does the cob have to dry before you cover it?
Hey guys I just subscribed to your channel I love your story AND the dogs . Hello from Kentucky
Is there any sort of vine, grass, or vegetation that would survive and strengthen your on your structures, or is it too dry?
Today is the 68th day in a row with NO RAIN in TeXas!
I collect rain water or go into town to fill 16 five gallon bottles. Going to town tomorrow AGAIN. I have 28 chickens & 48 rabbits that go through 5 gals a day.
To hold the screens in place on the pipes use a coupler.
I’m melting I’m melting. monsoon for the win … dirt melts when wet. What’s the rate of shrinkage on the mud hut ?
Consider a little Portland in your next mix.
Which one was this? We have had so many this year. I've broken down and cried more than once this monsoon from damage I have suffered. I think the tenacity of living in the desert. Sending love your way.
Why not wrap it in cheap black plastic until you have finished sealing it
Yap, as far as "sustainable" things are interesting, they don't hold water. Rain and storms are brutal, especially if they persist for a longer time. Waterproofing of some sort is necessary unless you want to repair things after every single rain or storm. We all can dream about "sustainability", but always have to be something less sustainable that saves our asses. =) Sadly it's the way it is. Cheers though, it's not easy to live in a desert, as here in central Europa we have still a drought at my place, which means no significant rain from the end of april.. there were 3 rains, but not to mention, didn't ever wet the dust… So, hoping for some this weekend and hopefully sooner, we go forward, but the produce is sad.. Take care.
I loved seeing that full water container. MLK said “find the good & praise it”
Can you spray a industrial coating or tarp over the dome. The dome is seriously melting away like a ice cream cone….
You need a small pond adjacent to your home so water can drain away and you don't have standing water around your home.
You guys inspire my by your example, keep up the good work. We are all imperfect and so make mistakes, it is how we learn from them that can make us wise. Regards to you all.
I'm so sad after your hard work
Reminds me of “Rain in the Summertime” song by The Alarm.
Ive always loved it when a good hard rain and thunderstorms roll through Utah in the summer.
How did the vent pipes do? Any internal leaks. Those lower pipes didn’t get cut at an angle, was that a problem?
Jim I have 2 thought for you.
# 1 could you mix up a batch or 2 of cob and fill in the gap to the eaves until you make it down that far with the lime plaster. Or put a layer of plaster right on top of the eaves 6" tall. That should help with water cascading down the rest of the dome. Also when you know a big rain is coming remove the plywood platforms. Or install a 2×4
under the plywood next to the dome. maybe the water will not hit the dome on the way down.
#2 On your valve box . I don't remember how deep it is but could you bury a barrel or 2 stacked on top of one another. A round structure is much stronger than rectangle.
Keep up the great work. You two are very hard workers. ❤🇺🇸🤍🇺🇸💙
Put a 8 or 10 in pipedown the hole over the valve and make a valve key for the gate valve
The images of the storms are spectacular and awe inspiring…thank you.
You need swale and berms
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put a blue stone over the posts. In the future you can mount something to the posts, just in case
Excellent 👍 ☮️
Waterproof that home!!!!
We get those storms every afternoon in Florida. Crazy.
Oh my stomach! I can’t believe my vertigo watching you video up on top looking down, and when you pan I nearly fall off my recliner! Lol.